Production Engineer
Covestro · South Charleston, WV · 2 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
Major Responsibilities
- Manage working instructions for the hourly technicians and day-to-day problem solving of production issues
- Identify and prioritize maintenance needs into the unit and coordinate preparation of equipment with these maintenance activities including developing tiered work plans for line and equipment opening jobs
- Plan, coordinate, and control raw materials, supplies and services
- Ensure safety concept of the unit is maintained/improved
- Administer unit MoC program
- Accountable for development and annual review of Unit Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), training plans, and certification and re-certification materials for assigned unit and ensure 100% attendance for all mandatory training
- Establish training plans and deliver unit specific training for unit technicians as needed
- Comply with plant procedures, Safety and Environmental requirements, operability, quality (OEE), rates and production schedule
- Report and investigate incidents within the unit
- Coincide with unit Process Engineers and other technical staff on coordination of unit projects and process optimization studies
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering or related degree
Preferred Qualifications
- At least 2 years of related experience
- Broad knowledge of rotating and static equipment through experience, expert training and self-study
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact across all levels of the organization
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to apply rigorous logic
- Strong understanding of unit operation principles
- Ability to advise and influence business units' technical and compliance decisions
- Ability to manage resources to meet the business goals of the unit i.e. overtime, operating supplies, Maintenance priorities, OEE, etc.
- Ability to deliver unit specific training and train others at entry level
- Demonstrated ability to trouble shoot processes, develop solutions for defined problems, and handles complex problems independently
- Demonstrated commitment to promoting a safe work environment
- Ability to share weekend, holiday, and back shift on-call coverage